Meanings (ES + gloss)
cita de miedo
A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation.
He is inordinately fond of the scare quote, a sign that he is not really sure of what he's talking about.
One other important figure in postmodern thought is Richard Rorty, who might be characterized as master of the scare quote
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